2012 Award and Honor Books by The American Library Association

Caldecott Medal

A Ball for Daisy by Chris Raschka

 

Caldecott Honor Books

Blackout by John Rocco

 

Grandpa Green by Lane Smith

 

Me…Jane by Patrick Donnell

 

Newbery Medal

Dead End in Norvelt by Jack Gantos

 

Newbery Honor Books

Inside Out & Back Again by Thanhha Lai

 

Breaking Stalin’s Nose by Eugene Yelchin

 

Coretta Scott King Author Award

Heart and Soul: The Story of America and African Americans by Kadir Nelson

 

Coretta Scott King Author Honor Books

The Great Migration: Journey to the North by Eloise Greenfield

 

Never Forgotten by Patricia C. McKissack

 

Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award

Underground: Finding the Light to Freedom illustrated by Shane Evans

 

Coretta Scott King Illustrator Honor Book

Heart and Soul: The Story of America and African Americans illustrated by Kadir Nelson

 

Pura Belpre Author Award

Under the Mesquite by Guadalupe Garcia McCall

 

Pura Belpre Author Honor Books

Maximilian and the Mystery of the Guardian Angel: A Bilingual Lucha Libre Thriller by Xavier Garza

Hurricane Dancers: The First Caribbean Pirate Shipwreck by Margarita Engle

 

Pura Belpre Illustrator Award

Diego Rivera: His World and Ours illustrated by Duncan Tonatiuh

 

Pura Belpre Illustrator Honor Books

The Cazuela That the Farm Maiden Stirred illustrated by Sara Palacios

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